Collar-button



N. BLATTBERG.

COLLAR BUTTON.-

APPLICATION FILED nov. 26. 1913.

1,349,872, Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

INVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN BLATTBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO SAMUEL LACHS, OF NEVT YORK, N. Y.

COLLAR-BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 17, 1920.

Application filed November 26, 1918. Serial No. 264,214.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHAN BLATTBERG a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York, county of Bronx, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Collar-Button, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a collar button, a salient feature of which is a peculiar construction of the collar-engaging member whereby said member is precluded from accidental drop ping out of or disengagement from the button hole provided at the middle rear part of the collar.

t has been proposed to construct a collar button with two approximately flat members connected by an intermediate shank portion, one of which members is to be inserted in the button hole provided at the rear of the neckband of the shirt, whereas the other member is to be engaged with the inside fold of the collar. Experience shows that such collar buttons do not remain in engagement with the collar at the rear thereof, but, on the contrary, the movement of the collar relatively to the shirtband, due to the motions of the wearer, will and do cause the collar to become detached from the collar button, to the manifest inconvenience and discomfort of the wearer.

I overcome these objections by providing the collar-engaging member with a plurality of lugs which are positioned on that edge of the collar-engaging member which faces the neckbandengaging member, said lugs being located at opposite sides of the shank connecting the two said members and said lugs being spaced apart a distance exceeding the length of the button hole in the collar.

hen the button is worn, the collar is adjusted for the collar-engaging member to slip into the button hole at the rear portion of the inside fold of said collar, the two lugs being in contact with the surface of said inside collar fold, and said lugs being spaced so that in the usual position of the shank within the button hole the lugs will be located beyond the ends of said button hole, as a result of which engagement between the collar and the button the collar will not become accidentally disengaged from the button, nor can it work out of place by the motions of the wearer.

In the drawings,

Figure l is a perspective view of my collar button.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of part of shirt with my collar button applied in position for one member of said button to engage with the button hole in the neckband.

Fig. is an elevation showing the application of th collar button to the button hole provided in the inner fold of a collar, the latter being shown in an opened condition.

F d is a vertical section through a shirt and collar showing the position of the collar button.

The improved button shown in Fig. 1 is composed of a single piece of metal stamped 'or struck up by suitable dies from a flat sheet. Said button embodies members A B and a shank C, the latter being integral with the members. Member A constitutes the shirt-engaging portion of the button, whereas member B is the collar-engaging portion of said button, the shank C being intended to pass through the button holes provided in the neckband of the shirt and the inside fold of the collar.

The part A exceeds in length the part B and it is curved longitudinally to conform to the normal curvature of the neckband, said part A being quite narrow as compared with its length. Shank C extends from member A at one edge thereof and about midway the length of said member, said shank C being in the plane of the parts A and B.

Member B is a strip or plate the axis of which is parallel to that of member A, and it is curved correspondingly to said part A, thus disposing the two parts A B in the same plane.

The shank C joins with member B inter mediate the ends thereof and. nearer to one end than to the other, as a result of which the member B extends to the right and left of the shank, the length of the right hand portion exceeding that of the left hand portion, as clearly shown.

D D are lugs integral with members B an d projecting from that edge thereof which is nearest to member A. These lugs extend from member B toward member A, and they are positioned at the opposite ends of member B and on opposite sides of the shank C. The edges of the lugs are rounded and lug D lies nearer to shank C than lug D, so that the edge or said lug D practically joins with one edge of the shank G and one edge of mem ber B so as to form a notch. The lugs are spaced from each other for a distance exceeding the length of the buttonhole in the inside fold of the collar, see Fig. 3.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 4:, E is a portion of a shirt, the collarband c of which is provided with a button hole 0. The inside fold f of a collar F is provided with a button hole see Figs. 3 and 4.

My collar button is used by inserting mem- Jer A into the button hole 0 of the neckband e on the shirt so that the shank C passes through the buttonhole and the member A is on the inside of the neckband or within said neckband, see Figs. 2 and 4;. In applying the collar, one end portion of member B is inserted into the button hole f on the inside told of said collar, and the collar is then slipped along until member B is thrust through the button hole 7 or the collar button may itself be slipped along in the button hole 6 until the member 13 is fully inserted into the button hole f 01 said collar.

When the collar is engaged with the button, as described, the member 13 lies betweenthe collar and its inside fold, the lugs D D. of said member B being in contact with the inner collar told. The shank C of the button occupies the button holes 6 7', see Fig. 4:, and thus the collar and the shirt are so connected that a slight relative movement between them can take place without the possibility of the collar becoming detached by the member B slipping out of the button hole in the collar. Should the button be twisted so as to partially draw the member B into the button hole f, then the lugs will catch on the collar so as to preclude the entire withdrawal of the member B from the collar, and this is true should it happen that a substantial part oil the member B and the lug D are pulled through the button hole, for the reason that the other lug D will catch in the button hole 7" so as to prevent the member B from being wholly pulled out of the collar upon a relative movement taking place between the collar and the shirt band.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is z- 1. A collar button comprising a plurality of longitudinally curved members and a shank connecting said members, one of said members being provided with a plurality of lugs which extend from an edge portion of said member toward the other member and said lugs being positioned at opposite sides of the connecting shank.

2. A collar button comprising a plurality of members-and a shank joined to one member about midway its length and joined to the othermember nearer to one end than to the other end thereof, said latter member being provided on one edge with a plurality of lugs which are positioned on opposite sides of the shank and are relatively spaced for a distance exceeding the length of a button hole. .1

3. A collar button comprising a curved member, a shank extending from said member about midway its length, a second member the length of which is less than that of the first member and curved correspondingly thereto so as to lie in the same trans verse plane, and a plurality of lugs extending from the second member toward the first member and spaced relatively to the shank.

4. A collar button comprising a plurality of longitudinally curved members, the length of one member being less than that of the other member, a shank joined to the longer member about midway its ends and to the shorter member nearer to one end than to the other end so that the longest section of the shorter member terminates substantially opposite to the similar end of the longer member, said shorter member being provided on one edge with lugs positioned on opposite sides of the shank and near the ends of the member to preclude the entire withdrawal of the shorter member, 1918.

NATHAN BLATTBERG. 'lVitness: H. G. STEINMETZ. 

